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Postdoctoral Scholar H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,845 certified H-1B applications for Postdoctoral Scholar roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $69,209.

Median salary offered
$69,209
Middle half earn
$62,365 to $75,352
Top 10% earn over
$80,034
Certified filings
1,845

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
University of California, San Francisco305$77,030$71,908 – $80,034
Northwestern University228$63,960$61,008 – $67,925
The University of Chicago195$64,356$61,008 – $70,000
University of California, Davis130$71,930$69,209 – $77,327
University of California, Los Angeles126$74,425$69,452 – $77,327
University of Washington119$72,500$69,828 – $79,472
The Pennsylvania State University95$62,832$61,008 – $67,490
Oregon State University82$61,728$60,000 – $65,640
University of California at Santa Barbara70$74,281$71,632 – $77,308
Case Western Reserve University56$64,000$61,428 – $70,344
Oregon Health & Science University52$69,543$64,669 – $75,908
University of California, Irvine47$72,100$69,073 – $77,030
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center45$55,999$51,769 – $59,919
University of Kentucky38$61,008$55,250 – $64,530
The Florida State University31$58,968$56,682 – $64,500
Tufts University27$73,164$66,474 – $80,000
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory18$85,265$82,930 – $86,880
University of California, Merced16$71,769$71,129 – $74,317
Regents of the University of California at Riverside16$71,908$70,002 – $75,076
East Carolina University15$62,962$61,500 – $68,224
Texas State University12$57,972$55,554 – $59,414
University of California, Santa Cruz12$78,456$69,209 – $82,509
The Ohio State University10$60,934$56,121 – $62,838
The J. David Gladstone Institutes9$66,560$64,480 – $70,762
The University of Alabama at Birmingham9$56,484$56,400 – $57,974
Northern Arizona University8$61,307$55,200 – $66,498
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory7$78,156$71,769 – $84,246
Michigan Technological University7$58,822$54,030 – $59,530
Arizona State University7$62,232$60,324 – $63,939
University of Nevada, Reno6$59,832$57,027 – $61,665
University of South Florida5$65,000$61,428 – $65,894
University of Oregon4$61,620$60,081 – $62,763
Michigan State University4$68,912$61,700 – $77,369
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany3$55,596$55,596 – $55,596
University of Notre Dame du Lac3$60,000$59,000 – $60,000
Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates3$71,000$66,004 – $85,500
Virginia Commonwealth University2$61,138$60,461 – $61,815
The Leland Stanford, Jr University2$120,162$120,162 – $120,162
Howard University2$60,929$57,884 – $63,974
Regent of University California of Riverside2$65,954$62,977 – $68,931
The University of Alabama2$61,000$56,500 – $65,500
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.1$82,846$82,846 – $82,846
Loyola University Chicago1$70,000$70,000 – $70,000
Marquette University1$54,106$54,106 – $54,106
Kent State University1$55,100$55,100 – $55,100
Indiana University1$58,656$58,656 – $58,656
Duke University1$74,000$74,000 – $74,000
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University1$65,000$65,000 – $65,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1$58,000$58,000 – $58,000
Nevada System of Higher Education1$67,912$67,912 – $67,912

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
San Francisco, CA313$77,030$71,908 – $80,034
Chicago, IL303$64,356$61,428 – $69,000
Los Angeles, CA128$74,425$69,588 – $77,327
Seattle, WA118$72,300$69,828 – $79,708
Evanston, IL116$63,000$61,008 – $67,114
Davis, CA94$71,930$69,073 – $77,327
Santa Barbara, CA70$74,281$71,632 – $77,308
Corvallis, OR65$62,232$61,008 – $65,640
Portland, OR60$68,056$63,447 – $75,824
University Park, PA57$61,428$59,376 – $65,004
Cleveland, OH55$64,000$61,428 – $69,654
Irvine, CA47$72,100$69,073 – $77,030
Memphis, TN45$55,999$51,769 – $59,919
Lexington, KY37$61,008$55,000 – $65,000
Hershey, PA33$64,356$62,962 – $68,964
Sacramento, CA29$74,281$69,209 – $74,569
Tallahassee, FL29$58,000$56,484 – $65,000
Medford, MA19$74,318$67,950 – $80,000
Merced, CA16$71,769$71,129 – $74,317
Riverside, CA16$71,908$70,564 – $74,832

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I825$63,000
Level II31$67,912
Level III21$63,852

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023245$64,522
2024675$68,218
2025632$71,510
2026293$71,632